Home Lives in the Little Things

When the coffee pot bubbles to life in the morning

where the fog is heavy

when rubbing away at sleepy eyes

clutching a mug close

and curling up to watch the rain are the only expectations

When night rolls in

where the quiet melts away

the chaos from the day

when brushstrokes

keystrokes

the delicate hum

of a refrigerator are the only sounds

When the car pulls over a hill

and all you can see is glittering ocean

where all you can smell is salt on the breeze

you can close your eyes

and just breathe

When you can only hear turning pages

where their feet shuffle

where they’re tucked under your thigh

when you look up during a pause to smile

and a friend does the same

when you don’t need to fill the empty air

and being present is a gift enough

When you can start singing

and maybe its more than a little off key

but where it doesn’t matter how it sounds

where someone’ll laugh

and then just join right in

When time seems to slow

where the smell of something soft

sugary and warm is making itself known

where you can stir the bowl and lick the spoon

When the timer doesn’t really need to go off at all

but you’ll be excited when it does

Where you feel safest laughing, crying

Where you’ve done both at the same time

Where wifi connects automatically

and you don’t even need to use it

Where you don’t need to do anything

but you feel comfortable doing everything

Where beginnings bleed into endings

and your stories start to blend and blur

Where time could be meaningless

or space could implode

Where life means the absolute most

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